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09:31 19 february 2018

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A house-size asteroid just made a rare close pass by Earth

Space rocks buzz by us all the time, but we don't get many of this size invading our orbital space more than a few times a year.Just days after the "Super Bowl asteroid" passed Earth on Sunday, another space rock buzzed by much, much closer on Friday at around 10:30 am. PT.

More: A Tesla Roadster in orbit . A 'Starman' at the wheel. Why this incredible image has us excited about space exploration. Musk said most rockets embarking on test flights carry concrete or steel blocks, but that was too boring.

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More like "a few tens of millions of years," said researchers in a study posted to Cornell University's arXiv's site. According to reports, the study will be submitted to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Researchers from the University of Toronto performed simulations to determine the fate of the Roadster, launched in space on the Falcon Heavy rocket launched by SpaceX. Both Tesla and SpaceX and run by billionaire Elon Musk.

Elon Musk plans new SpaceX drone ship, A Shortfall of Gravitas

A new SpaceX drone ship under construction will help the company handle increased launch operations on the East Coast.The company's third ship, named A Shortfall of Gravitas, will join Of Course I Still Love You for East Coast booster landing operations, Musk said via Twitter in response to the USA TODAY Network. The latter is based at Port Canaveral and returns Falcon 9 boosters to facilities near the port for post-launch checkouts.

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The study said the Tesla's first close contact with Earth will come in 2091, and a 6% chance the Roadster will collide with Earth over the next one million years.

"We estimate the dynamical lifetime of the Tesla to be a few tens of millions of years," read an excerpt from the study.

Earlier this month, SpaceX launched Falcon Heavy with the Tesla Roadster as its cargo. Behind the wheel of the vehicle — Elon Musk's own car — is the mannequin Starman wearing a functioning SpaceX flight suit.

Musk said most rockets embarking on test flights carry concrete or steel blocks, but that was too boring. "Of course, anything boring is terrible, especially companies, so we decided to send something unusual, something that made us feel," he said.

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